I'd originally ordered this for Mom, but then got a deal on a Dell with 15.4" monitor a day or two ago. However, Mom still wants to see the Eee PC -- I think I'd better watch out, or I'm going to end up with no Eee PC, and a Dell notebook I don't need.

@Codedigestion: I purchased it from Newegg.com, the link is Newegg.com. They were temporarily sold out of black, that may have changed.

If you're not looking to use it for primary viewing, but for a lightweight, mobile media device, then yeah, I think it would be great. The speakers are kind of tinny, but you could run the audio output to a set of external mobile media type speakers, or headphones, as well. The screen looks GREAT -- but keep in mind, it runs 800x480.

Also keep in mind, it only has 2GB/4GB/8GB onboard storage, out of the box. A lot of people (check the Eee User forums) are working to add additional internal storage; you could always put media on a USB drive too.

You could grab a USB DVD drive to play DVDs as well -- something I'm thinking about doing myself.

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